[OPINION] Revisiting the July 12, 2016 arbitral award
'As long as China does not respect the EEZs of the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, and Indonesia in the South China Sea, China will never be a true friend of these countries'
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'As long as China does not respect the EEZs of the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, and Indonesia in the South China Sea, China will never be a true friend of these countries'
The Duterte administration really brought down the Philippines' scores and rankings on Rule of Law as well as on corruption
It is interesting to note that the Plan of Stabilization that jump started the rise of the Spanish economy from the “sick man of Europe” to the Iberian tiger actively targeted a major inflow of foreign capital into Spain by facilitating foreign investments in the country and by granting amnesty to all Spaniards who had illegally accumulated wealth abroad and who were willing to repatriate such wealth; capital held abroad by Spaniards could be brought back to Spain without fear of government prosecution. The framers of the Plan of Stabilization clearly understood that a massive entry of...
It is interesting to note that the Plan of Stabilization that jump started the rise of the Spanish economy from the “sick man of Europe” to the Iberian tiger actively targeted a major inflow of foreign capital into Spain by facilitating foreign investments in the country and by granting amnesty to all Spaniards who had illegally accumulated wealth abroad and who were willing to repatriate such wealth; capital held abroad by Spaniards could be brought back to Spain without fear of government prosecution. The framers of the Plan of Stabilization clearly understood that a massive entry of...
With only two of 75 China-sponsored projects completed since 2016, lawyer Harry Roque said geopolitical challenges in the South China Sea and the Strait of Taiwan might further derail the realization of the rest of these projects under the Belt and Road Initiative.